Guide to the Paul van Tassel Hedden Papers,
1951-1960

Collection Number: 2532

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
R. Strassberg
Date completed:
January 1969
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2002 Julia Guarneri, July 2002

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Paul van Tassel Hedden papers, 1951-1960
Collection Number:
2532
Creator:
Paul van Tassel Hedden.
Quantity:
4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, reports, legislative bills, pamphlets, surveys, photographs, maps, and other items.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Papers consist mainly of correspondence, reports, legislative bills, pamphlets, surveys, photographs, maps, and other items relating to city and industrial planning.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Paul van Tassel Hedden was a city planner.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers consist mainly of correspondence, reports, legislative bills, pamphlets, surveys, photographs, maps, and other items relating to city and industrial planning, particularly in Chicago and Skokie, Illinois and DeKalb County, Georgia; include files relating to the American Institute of Planners (West Great Lakes Chapter), the American Statistical Association, the American Waterway Operators, the Chattahooche Industrial Project, the Chicago Plan Commission, Chicago zoning, the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, the National Housing Inventory, the National Industrial Zoning Committee, the Regional Science Association, the Skokie Plan Commission, the Urban Land Institute, and the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Hedden, Paul van Tassel.
American Institute of Planners. West Great Lakes Chapter.
American Statistical Association.
American Waterway Operators.
Chattahooche Industrial Project.
Chicago Plan Commission.
Greater North Michigan Avenue Association.
National Housing Inventory.
National Industrial Zoning Committee.
Regional Science Association.
Skokie Plan Commission.
Urban Land Institute.
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago.

Subjects:
City planning.
Industries.
Zoning--Illinois--Chicago.
City planners.
Regional science.

Places:
Chicago (Ill.)--City planning.
Skokie (Ill.)--City planning.
DeKalb County (Ga.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Maps.
Photographs.
Surveys.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Paul van Tassel Hedden Papers, #2532. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. General files Boxes 1-2
Series II. Chicago Boxes 2-4
Series III. DeKalb County, Georgia Box 4
Series IV. Skokie, Illinois Box 4
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. General files
Alter Plan
 Box 1 Folder 1
American Institute of Planners 1957
Box 1 Folder 2
American Institute of Planners 1958-1959
Box 1 Folder 3
AIP - Annual Meeting - 1957
Box 1 Folder 4
AIP - Chapter Sections Committee
 Box 1 Folder 5
AIP - Chicago Region Chapter - 1956-5
 Box 1 Folder 6
AIP - Chicago Region Chapter
 Box 1 Folder 7
AIP - Petition, Metropolitan Chicago Section
 Box 1 Folder 8
AIP - Western Great Lakes Chapter - Fall, 1959, Meeting Program
 Box 1 Folder 9
American Planning and Civic Association - National Conf. - Miami
 Box 1 Folder 10
American Statistical Association
 Box 1 Folder 11
American Waterways Operators, Inc.
 Box 1 Folder 12
Analysis of Zoning Problems
 Box 1 Folder 13
Boy Scouts - Lincoln Park
 Box 1 Folder 14
Boy Scouts - Lincoln Park
 Box 1 Folder 15
Civic Federation Annual Meeting - 1955
 Box 1 Folder 16
Community Planning in Illinois
 Box 1 Folder 17
Comprehensive Development Plan - City of Griffin and Spalding County
 Box 1 Folder 18
Forsyth County Road Relocation
 Box 1 Folder 19
General
 Box 1 Folder 20
General
 Box 1 Folder 21
General
 Box 1 Folder 22
General X, Y, Z
 Box 1 Folder 23
GNMAA - University of Illinois Site. (Greater Northern Michigan Ave. Association)
 Box 1 Folder 24
Harvey Brown
 Box 1 Folder 25
Illinois Housing Laws
 Box 1 Folder 26
Lake County, Illinois
 Box 1 Folder 27
Lincoln Park Conservation Association
 Box 1 Folder 28
Mutual Insurance Technical Conference
 Box 1 Folder 29
Map of Evanston, Illinois
 Box 1 Folder 30
Midnorth Association
 Box 1 Folder 31
National Industrial Zoning Committee - through 1959
 Box 1 Folder 32
Newspaper Clippings through 1957
 Box 1 Folder 33
Northbrook Plan Commission
 Box 1 Folder 34
Planning - Education
 Box 1 Folder 35
Population
 Box 1 Folder 36
Regional Science Association
 Box 1 Folder 37
Series II. Chicago
Soil Conservation
 Box 2 Folder 1
Speech Material
 Box 2 Folder 2
Tunnard, Christopher - Yale University
 Box 2 Folder 3
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
 Box 2 Folder 4
Urban Land Institute
 Box 2 Folder 5
Urban Renewal
 Box 2 Folder 6
Zoning - General
 Box 2 Folder 7
Zoning Ordinance - DuPage County, Illinois
 Box 2 Folder 8
Chicago Area Transportation Study
 Box 2 Folder 9
Chicago Better Neighborhood Crusade
 Box 2 Folder 10
Chicago Better Neighborhood Crusade
 Box 2 Folder 11
Chicago - Chicago Heights Industrial Economic Blueprint c. 1957
Box 2 Folder 12
Chicago Metropolitan Area 1940s-1950s
Box 2 Folder 13
Chicago Planning Commission
 Box 2 Folder 14
Chicago Planning Commission
 Box 2 Folder 15
Chicago Planning Commission 1951-1955
Box 2 Folder 16
Chicago Planning Commission - File of Current Major Projects
 Box 2 Folder 17
Chicago Planning Commission - Development 1950s
Box 2 Folder 18
Chicago Public Schools
 Box 2 Folder 19
Chicago Regional Port District Board
 Box 2 Folder 20
Chicago Zoning 1957-1958
Box 2 Folder 21
Chicago Zoning 1957
Box 2 Folder 22
City Planning, Department of
 Box 2 Folder 23
Clippings
 Box 2 Folder 24
Cook County Hospital Improvement
 Box 3 Folder 1
Cook County, Zoning
 Box 3 Folder 2
Cook County, Zoning
 Box 3 Folder 3
Cook County, Zoning
 Box 3 Folder 4
Correspondence - General
 Box 3 Folder 5
Correspondence - General
 Box 3 Folder 6
Development Plan - Central Area of Chicago
 Box 3 Folder 7
Filtration Plant - Proposed Sites
 Box 3 Folder 8
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chicago
 Box 3 Folder 9
General
 Box 3 Folder 10
The Greater North Michigan Avenue Association - through 1959 (GNMAA)
Box 3 Folder 11
GNMAA - Central Area Plan Review
 Box 3 Folder 12
GNMAA - Near North-side Parking Study
 Box 3 Folder 13
Local Planning Administration
 Box 3 Folder 14
Housing Construction - Chicago
 Box 3 Folder 15
Index to Sources of Data, Chicago Metropolitan Area
 Box 3 Folder 16
Lake Front Ordinance
 Box 3 Folder 17
Medical Center District
 Box 3 Folder 18
National Housing Inventory
 Box 3 Folder 19
North Central Area
 Box 4 Folder 1
Overall Capital Budget Program for Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 2
Parking - Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 3
Population and Housing - Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 4
Population Growth
 Box 4 Folder 5
Preliminary Metropolitan Planning Report - Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 6
Public Improvements
 Box 4 Folder 7
Residential Construction
 Box 4 Folder 8
Residential Densities
 Box 4 Folder 9
Residential Land Use of Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 10
Resources (Pamphlets)
 Box 4 Folder 11
Rezoning - Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 12
South Shore, O'Keefe (Oversize)
 Box 4 Folder 13
Urban League
 Box 4 Folder 14
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 15
Workable Program of the City of Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 16
Workable Program of the City of Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 17
Youth Work - Chicago
 Box 4 Folder 18
Series III. DeKalb County, Georgia
Chattahoochee Industrial Project
 Box 4 Folder 19
DeKalb County, Georgia
 Box 4 Folder 20
DeKalb County, Georgia, Clippings
 Box 4 Folder 21
General
 Box 4 Folder 22
Series IV. Skokie, Illinois
Skokie, Building Dept.
 Box 4 Folder 23
Skokie, Development
 Box 4 Folder 24
Skokie, General
 Box 4 Folder 25
Skokie - Hartung vs. Village of Skokie (Motel Site)
 Box 4 Folder 26
Skokie - Hartung Code Committee
 Box 4 Folder 27
Skokie - Parking
 Box 4 Folder 28
Skokie - Parking
 Box 4 Folder 29
Skokie Plan Commission
 Box 4 Folder 30
Skokie - Proposal Land Use and Zoning
 Box 4 Folder 31
Skokie - Searle Parkway
 Box 4 Folder 32
Skokie, Ill., Zoning
 Box 4 Folder 33
Skokie, Zoning Supplementary Copies
 Box 4 Folder 34
Skokie - Zoning Ordinance
 Box 4 Folder 35
Village of Skokie News Clippings
 Box 4 Folder 36